I can’t believe the second week of “Inktober” is already behind me! The second week has found me staying up later most nights, because I can’t seem to get up before the sun. I am beginning to give myself permission to be a little behind and to use two prompts for one image.

This week I thought I would try adding colored ink to the mix- so I ordered some from Amazon- not because my art cupboard was bare- but because any excuse for more art supplies is a good excuse. But, I wound up disappointed. Silly me thought that ALL the inks in the set would be water resistant. Nope. Just the black. The others ran like crazy when they got wet. If I want water soluble, I will stick with water colors- they have so much more to offer.

When I began this challenge I knew that I would learn from it- but one can never predict the nature of those lessons. What have I learned?

I am more of a storyteller than I thought. I hear artists talking about telling a story, and I always thought that I was not in that group. But, when given a list of words as prompts, I discovered that I had a hard time simply floating an image on the paper. Instead, I wanted context- not necessarily story, but context. So perhaps my journey into art will evolve into storytelling.

I know I have learned so much more- but really I am a little to sleep deprived to articulate it at this point. I will try again another day.

I hope you enjoy looking at this week’s progress. I would love to hear from you. Does one speak to you more than another? Do you see something emerging from this mark-making journey that has escaped my notice? Let me know. Leave a comment and subscribe- I will choose one subscriber who has left a comment to receive an 8×10 print.